They were also in town to celebrate Amy’s first anniversary of her stem cell transplant.

They had come in just 30 minutes before the first bomb went off, then the second exploded.

“We were literally out by the road, cheering for four hours,” Amy said.

“I think of the what ifs. The thousand different decisions. Little decisions that were made by myself or Amy and a lot of different people that affected where we were,” Michael added.

Both Mike and Amy were blown back into the restaurant. They found their kids and were evacuated out back.

But Mike went back in to help out and saw the front glass blown out and pure terror.

“And then, once I got out there, it was pretty horrific,” Mike said. "Within a split second, one minute they are cheering on their friends. They're on the ground, missing body parts wondering what the heck just happened.”

Mike was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital to be checked out and was released several hours later.

“I’m just thankful,” said Mike.

Amy has been battling multiple myloma for two years and said an incident like this has made her even stronger.

"Neither one of them has taken me down and I’m going to fight back against both of them,” Amy said.

As for her marathon injuries, she said she had glass in her hands, cuts in her head and down her nose, but the Garofolos know luck was on their side.